Our story begins in Lakewood, Ohio in the summer of 2019 at an apartment potluck. Doug was invited out to downtown Cleveland with Natalie and her friends afterward. Little did they know, they were only separated by one floor, with Doug living on the 12th and Natalie on the 13th.

Some time had passed after the potluck before Doug reconnected with Natalie via FaceBook asking her out on a date! This was convenient, of course, given only being separated by one floor. Doug and Natalie walked a half mile to Lindey's Lakehouse (now called Bar Italia) for a delicious dinner date. Things went well so they went on a few more dates and even visited one of Doug's friends for a New Year's Eve celebration in Baltimore, MD!

Doug and Natalie made their relationship official on January 16, 2020 and got engaged at Avalanche Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana on August 18, 2022.

Since then, Doug and Natalie have gone on multiple trips across the US, and even an overseas trip to Ireland in the Summer of 2023! Doug and Natalie currently reside in the same city that they met - Lakewood, Ohio.

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